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GLliANlNGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



601 



CURING FOUI. BKOOD WITH PHENOL. 



In vipw of what Ernest has >viitteii ill this num- 

 ber, I t'oel as if J individually owed an apology to 

 the friends both in our own country and across the 

 watei', who have remonstrated because we were 

 stubborn in objecting to drugs for the cure of the 

 disease. It has been mostly if not entirely my own 

 fault. I told the boys that we did not want any 

 drugs or medicine about our lu^e-hives. Well, al- 

 though we are not at present prei)ared to say that 

 phenol, or carbolic acid (which we suppose t<i be the 

 same thing) is a positive cure for foul brood, we 

 have done enough to settle the (|uestion, I think, 

 that it has a decided etTeet on it. Ten or fifteen col- 

 onics of the worst cases we have had in our apiary 

 have had the disease arrested, at least for the time 

 being'. The bees cleaned out the diseased cells, and 

 refilled them with good brood. This good brood has 

 been found, however, in only a few eases, where the 

 disease appeared in only a mild form. We have 

 done this much, any way: We have proved that the 

 acid, for the time being at least, kills the fungoid 

 growth, and it seems (|uite evident that, when we 

 get sufficiently acquainted with the method of using 

 it, it may prove to be an entire remedy. Destroy- 

 ing infected colonies by fire is at best a slow pro- 

 cess; and with large apiaries like ours it is a ques- 

 tion whether it will kill it out. Where a whole eolo- 

 n3-, however, is thoroughly sprayed with the diluted 

 acid, we are inclined to think they will not commu- 

 nicate the disease to other colonies. 



Single can lots, at 7 -/J and 8'/2 cts. per lb, respect- 

 ively. Small samples free on application. Prices 

 are advancing all around, owing to the scarcity of 

 the present year's crop, and we may advance in the 

 near future. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The stark Co. Bec-kec|M 

 iiK'ftinH' in Ci-angi' Hall, 

 Tuesday. -\ii«-. 9, 1887. 



ill liolil i(s ne.\t iviiUlai- 



;■ Hank, at Cantnn, ().,on 



M.vitK Thomson, Sec. 



FOR SAI^E 



An so-acre farm in Franklin Co., 111. About Bll 

 acres in cultivation, 2 good wells, '2 mile from 

 school, ;! miles from P. ().,.')'2 miles from Co. seat. 

 For particulars as to price, address John W. Lillie, 

 Ewing College, 111., or to me here llitfd 



.lOHN A. LILLIE, Haton, Colfa.\ Co, N. Me.v. 



VZ colonies of Italian and Holy-Land bees in Uoofs 

 chatf hives, 12 colonies in Heddon's hives. F'ree on 

 board cars here. Hives new and well painted. All 

 combs 013 foundation in si)lendid sbai)e. If you 

 have any thing to trade write me at once. l-5tfdb 

 S. C. KIRKPATRICK, Hodgenville, Ky. 



UNTESTED DAHCiHTERS PROM CNE OF 

 Doolittle's best queens, only .50 cents each. 

 Tested queens, $1.0il each. 

 IStfdb I. R. GOOD, Nappanee, Ind. 



gPECI^Ii ]\[0¥ICEg. 



green's solar wax-extractor. 

 The solar wax-extractor mentioned in the last 

 issue, is a substantial and well-built machine. It 

 is the same as the one illustrated on page 28 of our 

 price list. For the benefit of a few of our readers i 

 who have written about solar wa.x-e.\traetors, we 

 will say the price is $3.00, with complete directions 

 for using them. 



goods for fairs at a reduction. 

 Inquiries begin to come in about prices on goods 

 to be used for exhibition affairs. According to our 

 yearly custom we have decided to otter one each of 

 the following articles at (2.5 '. ) tioeiiti;-tivc per cent 

 iliscfntnt from highest catalogue prices, on the 

 following conditions: viz. : 1. You must state in 

 your order, as nearly as possible, the time and 

 place at which the fair is to he held (and send us ti 

 premium list if po.ssihle), where you are going to 

 e.xhibit the goods; 2. You will agree to distribute 

 JKdiciounly among bee-keepers, and those likely to 

 become such, the catalogues and sample copies of 

 Gleanings we send along with the goods. 



A 1! ("s of Bee (.'ultuie-all yon van sell. 



Bec-liiu>li either kiiiil. 



Allev.s (liune-ll;i|i. i 



Hee-eiitr.uii'e k'uaiil. 



hvr anil (jiieeii ea^e.s. 



One jioiiml of iDiiib foundation of different prrades. | 



Conih f.'iiiMlation machine. 



Parker's and Grav's foundation-fasteners. 



Wire-iiiilie<kler. 



Honey-extractor. 



(iray's or Simplicity feeder. 



One of any st;yle of hive we advertise, put up complete. 



Perforated zinc honey-board. 



One box of 500 section's. , 



Clark's smoker. ' 



Solar wax-extractor. 



THE OUTLOOK FOR HONEY. j 



Notwithstanding the fact that the new croyj of 

 honey is already on the market, we have disposed 

 of more old honey within the last two weeks than 

 we had sold six months previous; consequently our 

 stock of old comb honey is nearly cleaned up. We 

 still have on hand a large (juantity of extracted 

 honey, especially of California sage. We are sell- 

 ing this, and basswood in eases of 2 cans containing 

 60 lbs. each, at 7 cts. per lb., and clover at 8 cts. 



PURE ITALIAN QUEENS 



FOR 1887. — 



Tested, *1.00; Select tested, !$1 25; Imported, best, 

 !iS5.()0. All my queens are reared by natural swarm- 

 ing now, and sent out by return mall. Write me 

 for low prices on two and three frame nuclei with 

 any of the above queens in each. Address 



S. F. REED, 

 l,5d N. Dorcliester, N. H. 



PASTFPOAPP poxps 



FOR ONE-POUND SECTIONS OF 



COMB HONEY. 



This box has a bit of "red 

 lui)e " attached to it to carry 

 it b.y. It makes a safe jjack- 

 age for a single section of 

 honey for the consumer to 

 carry, or it can be packed in a 

 trunk, if he wants. It can be 

 opened in an instant. The 

 price of the box is 2 cts. each, 

 set up; in the Hat, 15 cts. for 

 10; packugeof 25, ;?U cts.; $1.00 per 100; or -fil.OO per 

 lOCO; 10,000, *80. If wanted by mail, add $1.00 per 

 huJidred for postage. Colored lithograph labels for 

 putting on the sides, two kinds, one for each side, 

 $3 on per 1000. A package of 25, labeled on both 

 sides, as above, .50 cts. I5y mail, :iO cts. more. They 

 can be sold, labeled on one side or both sides, of 

 course. We have only one size in stock, for Sim- 

 plicity sections. Sample by mail, with a label on 

 each side, 5 cts. If you want them shipped in the 

 fiat, labels already pasted on, the price will be ten 

 cents per hundred for putting them on. 



Your name and address, and the kind of hone.v, 

 may be printed on these labels, the same as other 

 labels. The charge for so iloing will be IW cts. per 

 100; 250, 50 cts.; 500, 75 cts.: 1000, «1. 00. 



A. I. ROOT, ITIedinst, Olitu. 



